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A. J. G. GRAY.

BUCKLE 0R FASTENING FOR SUSPENDBES, &o.

No. 373,735. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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BUCKLE OR FASTENING HAMBURG, GERMANY.

FOR SUSPENDERS, 840-.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 373,735, dated November 22, 1 887,

Application filed June 4, 1887. Serial No. 240,315. (No model.) Patented in Germany October 14. 1886, No. 39.028; in France November 5, 1:86, No.179,416; in England December 13, 1856, No. 16,331, and in Austria December 15, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH J. C. GRAY, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Hamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a fastening or buckle for suspenders, bandages, garters, &c., which shall be adjustable more readily than ordinary buckles, and at the same time shall remain a thoroughly strong and reliable fastening.

This buckle consists of two partsthe catch, which is peculiar to me, and the movable clasp, which may he of any convenient form.

Various uses of my improved buckle are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the same attached to a suspendcr. Fig. 2 shows the clan'iping of the catch through and around the material of the suspender, bandage, 850. Fig. 3 is a sectional View showing the catch as it stands away from the bandage, &c., ready to receive the sliding clasp. Fi gs. 4 and 5 show the catch as stamped out and bent ready to pass through the elastic material of thesuspender, bandage, &c. Figs. 6 and 7 show the said catch and clasp as applied to the garter or bandage.

It is obvious that this buckle, consisting, as it does, of a series of catches bent through and firmly clamped to the elastic material, and a sliding clasp which can slip over the material in one direction to engage any desired catch, may be applied not only to the three articles recited, but to any elastic band or fabric in which adjustment is desired.

The same letters indicate similar parts in the different figures.

A represents the elastic fabric, through which the series of catches B Bare forced, the flanges a being bent toward each other and clamped upon the material, as shown in Fig. 2.

G is the sliding clasp, of the form adapted for suspenders and other large and heavy elastic fabrics, while D is a simple metallic band of the sort adapted for smaller and lighter articles, as Shown in Fig. 6.

It will be readily seen, I think, without further explanation, that either of these sliding clasps or any other suitable form may be conveniently used with my improved catch, as the latter has one end closely united to the fabric and the other end projecting therefrom, as shown in Fig. 3, so that while the sliding clasp moves freely in one direction it becomes a rigid fastening as soon as it is slipped in between the catch and fabric, as shown in Figs. 1, 6. and 7 The sliding clasp G, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, is preferably only a double-slotted piece, one end being caught by the catch and the other end designed to hold the Suspender end and preventthe Suspender-strap from curling forward.

As beforestated, other forms of sliding clasps may be used, if desired, the essence of my invention being the use of a series of catches securely fastened to the fabricand placed at such longer or shorter intervals as desired or required by the uses to which the article provided with such fast'enings is to be put.

I claiin The above-described buckle or fastening for elastic fabrics, which consists ot a series of catches rigidly secured to the fabric, and a sliding clasp for engaging any desired one of those catches, as herein described, and for the purposes specified.

A. J. o. GRAF.

Witnesses:

H. E. ANSCHUTZ, ERW. G. BUCK. 

